Ah Metternich, one of my favourite historical Austrians. Say what you like, he tried and for a long time succeeded. Now we have Kossuth and co racing about to cause chaos/save the Empire/boost Hungary depending on your point of view.
Also, yay on the book, and I also learnt there are first printings of first editions, didn't know that was a thing.

history is a a fair judge of people good or bad, and this applies to US presidents: great presidents- Washington, Lincoln, JFK, both Roosevelts. Not so good presidents: Ulysses Grant (great general whose skills did not traslate well into the Oval Office.) My point is I CAN'T believe a book on him beat us on the top 10 list.
from a longtime listener for 10 years (neither Red nor Blue, but Canadian)
PS history will judge Trump, we won't need to(until 2020)